Observed current in the Fugløya-Bear Island region is predominantly barotropic, and reveals large fluctuations in both current speed and lateral structure (Ingvaldsen et al., 2002; 2004). In general, the current is wide and slow during summer and fast, with possibly several cores, during winter. The volume transport resembles the velocity field and varies with season due to close coupling with reg...

At the moment, there are 307 distinguishable species of pelagic micro algae registered in the Barents Sea, not including multiple subspecies and varieties (Makarevich, Larionov, 1992; Matishov et al., 2000). Taxonomically, 7 of them belong to the golden algae, Cryophyte, 148 – diatoms, 123 – dynophytes, 5 – green algae, 4 – to Haptophyta division, 8 – to Prasinophyta division and 6 species – to Eu...

The major demersal stocks in the Northeast Arctic include cod, haddock, saithe, and shrimp. In addition, redfish, Greenland halibut, wolffish, and flatfishes (e.g. long rough dab, plaice) are common on the shelf and at the continental slope, and ling and tusk at the slope and in deeper waters. In 2008, catches of nearly 900 thousand tonnes (provisional figures) are reported from the stocks of cod,...

Distinctions in quantitative distribution, structure and rates of development of phyto- and zooplankton are connected with the temperature influence, related to ocean currents and the distribution of the ice and the ice edge. Many species of phytoplankton have a rather wide tolerance range for parameters such as temperature and salinity, and also adapt to different levels of light down to its very...